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MR. H. W. MACROSTY, president of the Royal Statistical Society, died at his home at Woking on January 19. Mr. Macrosty had been an honorary secretary of the Society for twelve years prior to his election as president in June last. His interest in statistics was derived from his official duties in the Board of Trade, where he was prominently associated with the work on the national census of production from its inception in 1907. His work was essentially that of providing data for economists and statisticians and in providing critical comment on those data. This did not bring him into the limelight which is shed upon those who announce policies or enunciate economic propositions, but as a contribution to national service such work is in no way less important than that of those who come more prominently to public attention. Only those statisticians with practical contact with industry and trade can properly appreciate the true value of the work of those who produce statistical data.
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Mr. H. W. Macrosty, O.B.E. Nature 147, 230–231 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147230b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/147230b0